Kate Whiting Designs

“Portia’s Sail”

4ply Knitting Pattern By Kate Whiting

Portia’s Sail

This is a single 4ply skein pattern that I have had great fun in creating as part of the

Outlander inspired knit along in conjunction with Honey Girl Farms Yarns.

I wanted to represent a sail from one of the ships that the characters journey on, and

chose The Portia, which in the books is the ship that carries Jamie and Claire from Paris

back to Scotland.

It’s a piece with dropped stitches and eyelets and with the shaping I have used brings

one skein of 400m to a shawl with dimensions of approx. 179cm wingspan by 47cm

deep.

I hope you have fun creating your sail and look forward to seeing the colours it appears

in.

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Designs.

This pattern is available for personal use only.

No unauthorized reproduction, either in a finished item, part or distribution of this

pattern or content is allowed.

Needles…. 3.5mm US and 4.5mm US

Yarn…. I have used Honey Girl Farms Yarns seen here in Royal Fingering in colourway

Moroccan Blue

1 x 100g skein of 400m/437yrds

Abbreviations

K…Knit

P…Purl

Slp1… slip the first stitch from the left to right needle without working the stitch

Yoo… wrap the yarn over the needle twice

K2tg… knit the next two stitches together

Yo… wrap the yarn around the needle once

Kfb..knit the stitch as normal but before transferring it to the right hand needle, also knit

into the back of the stitch creating an extra stitch

If you like to work to a gauge its 12 sts x 14 rows in garter stitch. It isn’t strictly needed

for this pattern.

I have written the pattern here in the order it needs to be worked from the casting on

point to casting off.

Pattern Instructions

Set Up

Cast on 4sts with 3.5mm needle

Row 1. Slp1, knit to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into back of next stitch, knit to the last 2 sts, k2tg

Repeat these 2 rows twice more

1.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, knit all stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop the yoo,

k1, drop yoo, knit 1, k2tg

Repeat these 2 rows a further 29 times

2.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, (yoo, k1) repeat the bracket across to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, (drop yoo, k1) repeat the

bracket to the last 2 sts, k2tg

Repeat these 2 rows twice more

3.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, knit all stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop the yoo,

k1, drop yoo, knit 1, k2tg

Repeat these 2 rows a further 19 times

4.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, k1, (k2tg, yo) repeat the bracket 10 times across the

row, knit all remaining stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop yoo, k1,

drop yoo, k1, k2tg

Repeat these two rows another 9 times, each time increasing the (k2tg, yo) bracket by

one repeat.

5.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, (yoo, k1) repeat the bracket across to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, (drop yoo, k1) repeat the

bracket to the last 2 sts, k2tg

6.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, k1, (k2tg, yo) repeat the bracket 21 times across the

row, knit all stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop yoo, k1,

drop yoo, k1, k2tg

Repeat these two rows another 14 times, each time increasing the (k2tg, yo) bracket by

one repeat.

7.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, (yoo, k1) repeat the bracket 90 times, then knit across to the last

stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, (drop yoo, k1) repeat the

bracket to the last yoo, and then knit to the last 2 sts, k2tg

8.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, k1, (k2tg, yo) repeat the bracket 36 times across the

row, knit all stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop yoo, k1,

drop yoo, k1, k2tg

Repeat these two rows twice more, each time increasing the (k2tg, yo) bracket by one

repeat.

9.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, knit all stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, k2, yo, knit into the back of the next stitch, knit to the yoo, drop the yoo,

k1, drop yoo, knit 1, k2tg

Repeat these 2 rows a further 16 times

10.Now work..

Row 1. Slp1, k2, yoo, k1, yoo, knit all the stitches to the last stitch, yo, kfb

Row 2. Slp1, (k2tg, yo) repeat the bracket to the last stitch before the yoo, k1, drop yoo,

k1, drop yoo, k1, k2tg

Change to 4.5mm needle and loosely cast off all stitches.

Sew in the ends and block the shawl to open up the lace areas.

I have used pins to block the yoo lace edge into random points, this gives the shawl a

slight waved edge as if the sail is blowing in the wind, or you can of course block it

straight.

Blocked finished measurements are,179cm wing span by 47cm deep approx

I hope you have much enjoyment from this garment and thank you for your support in

my work.